VLDB 2023: DEI and Mentoring Event

Thursday Aug 31, 2023 | Grand Ballroom | 12.00-13.30

The mentoring session will give mentees (researchers of any stage in their career are welcome, not only students) a chance to gain first hand guidance and inspiration on grand challenges and future research opportunities from experienced researchers. The event has been organized in thematic tables, based on broad areas of research within the VLDB community. The following mentors have kindly agreed to support this mentoring session:

TABLE 1: Data Mining, Machine Learning and AI C. Mohan

TABLE 2: Data Security and Privacy, Blockchain Data Management Elisa Bertino

TABLE 3: Novel Infrastructures and Techniques for Big Data and Large Language Models Alon Halevy

TABLE 4: Information Integration, Retrieval and Visualization Renée Miller

TABLE 5: Data Integrity, Quality and Provenance Wang-Chiew Tan

TABLE 6: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Issues Georgia Koutrika

Mentees are invited to come over, grab lunch from the special buffet served in the same room, and join the table of your interest. You don’t need to sign up in advance. Half way through, you will have a chance to move to a different table.